PoE 2 graphical issues (black screen) on mac via parallels
Since iOS isn’t supported yet, I ran PoE2 on my M2 Pro Mac using Parallels virtual machine (latest version) with Windows 11 Pro fully up to date (24H2).
Unfortunately, when I launched the game, all I could see was a black screen with the original PoE pointer, though the music was playing in the background. Below is the log file I recorded on December 7th. The issue is still present. 2024/12/07 01:45:54 ***** LOG FILE OPENING ***** 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f5 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] User agent: PoE poe2_production/tags/4.1.0 Windows x64 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436406 a1e2d1f6 [INFO Client 2260] [HTTP2] Using backend: cURL 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436421 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436437 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949650 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Init 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949653 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Current directory: {whatever}/steamapps/common/Path of Exile 2 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949652 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Cache directory: {whatever}AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\ 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949655 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Download directory: {whatever}\AppData\Roaming\Path of Exile 2\Download\ 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 b3949654 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Settings directory: {whatever}\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile 2\ 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d91 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Start 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] HIGH: 5 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] MEDIUM: 5 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] LOW: 2 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b546fd [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] IDLE: 2 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53a3a [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] High Jobs: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d15 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Emulate Platforms: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 84b53d77 [INFO Client 2260] [JOB] Tight Buffers: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea60f [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Mapping bucket count: 8 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea601 [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Consolidate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:55 4436453 aa6ea5ce [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Init bundle cache 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b420 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Bundle index: Bundles2/_.index.bin 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b423 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 43377 entries (7.6 MB) 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b422 [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 2523661 slots (48.1 MB) 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438750 f6f3b42d [INFO Client 2260] [BUNDLE] Found 60094 directories (704.2 KB) 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 aa6e6f47 [INFO Client 2260] [STORAGE] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e1ac [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Render: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e100 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Emulate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e107 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Tight: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e10a [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Consolidate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e160 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Types bucket count: 16 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d60f [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d605 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Budget: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335d628 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e186 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Warmup: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e180 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Skip: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438765 b335e1e5 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Throttling: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb6d [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Consolidate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb47 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Static: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb4d [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb26 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eb03 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Warmup: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4228eae2 [INFO Client 2260] [ENTITY] Instancing: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324870 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Tight: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324873 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Emulate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324876 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Consolidate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324879 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Packed Only: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403254d1 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Address: 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403254db [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40325678 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Budget: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4032561d [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248d0 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Warmup: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 4032561b [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Sparse: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248f7 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Delay: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 403248fd [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Limit: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 40324937 [INFO Client 2260] [SHADER] Inline Uniforms: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0657 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Tight Buffers: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0658 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Small Caches: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0672 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Emulate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0677 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Bucket count: 16 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0715 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a071f [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a0732 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Throttling: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a06d5 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Budget: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438812 dd2a06d3 [INFO Client 2260] [TEXTURE] Throw: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9766a [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Tight Buffers: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b97667 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Small Caches: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9760f [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Emulate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b97608 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Bucket count: 16 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9762c [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b9762a [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b975cf [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Throttling: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b975c5 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Budget: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 32b974e6 [INFO Client 2260] [MESH] Throw: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb51 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Running Engine version 2.3.0 2024/12/07 01:45:57 4438828 b394bb58 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Old file Engine version detected 0.0.0 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438843 d8036154 [INFO Client 2260] [TRAILS] Immutable: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438843 d803615b [INFO Client 2260] [TRAILS] Debug: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d50c [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Mat table size: 90671 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a0 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Tight: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a4 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Bucket count: 8 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d4a9 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Ingore Temp: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d483 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Enable Validation: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d484 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Enable Throw: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d66f [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Async: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d669 [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Wait: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 6689d64c [INFO Client 2260] [MAT] Warmup: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 104b656c [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Audio: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4438890 104b656d [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] LiveUpdate: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439078 52958462 [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Buffer size = 128.0 MB 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439250 52957d0f [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Channel count = 128 (asked for 128) 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439250 52957d0e [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Source count = 512 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 52958d26 [INFO Client 2260] [SOUND] Changing to device "Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)" 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107be3c [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Tight: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107be30 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Bucket count: 8 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c991 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Ignore Temp: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c994 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Enable Validation: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c99b [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Inline Uniforms: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 9107c9f1 [INFO Client 2260] [GRAPH] Enable Throw: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:58 4439718 f2559bd7 [INFO Client 2260] [VIDEO] Enable: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde4d [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Immutable: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde4c [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Debug: OFF 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 ae8fde6a [INFO Client 2260] [PARTICLE] Keep Persistent: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 2962e53c [INFO Client 2260] [RESOURCE] Jobs: ON 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439859 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM). Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec793f [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated output for adapter Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) of \\.\DISPLAY1 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439875 36ec6b39 [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4439890 36ec707c [INFO Client 2260] Enumerated device for adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver. Selected feature level: 45312. Max feature level: 45312 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4440062 b394a3b5 [INFO Client 2260] [ENGINE] Ready 2024/12/07 01:45:59 4440171 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Game Start 2024/12/07 01:46:00 4441000 fb9aa14b [DEBUG Client 2260] Rebuilding UI::Core properties. Current input mode = '1' 2024/12/07 01:46:01 4441953 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Game in 1.7905 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442046 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device Start 2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442062 6285b0f9 [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Stopping device 2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442062 6285b03c [INFO Client 2260] [RENDER] Starting device: DirectX12 2024/12/07 01:46:01 4442703 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Init Start 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443312 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Init in 0.606101 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443312 cb0f8f7a [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE] Initialized (Enabled) 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d0d8 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Found matching adapter using LUID 000002172E804790 (Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) - Parallels Vu) 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e15e [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] GPU type: discrete 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e139 [DEBUG Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM size = 0 B 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4e13a [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRAM limit: 0 B 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d4d2 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Shader Model: D3D_SHADER_MODEL_5_1 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d51b [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Feature Level: 11.1 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4d3f5 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Wave Lane Count: 32 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443343 e0a4c878 [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] VRS Supported: false (2x2) 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443703 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][NIS]: Loaded proxy version 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR]: Loaded proxy version 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][XeSS]: Loaded proxy version 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f97d3 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR]: Loaded proxy version 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f9250 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][NIS] Enabled: true 2024/12/07 01:46:02 4443718 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][FSR] Enabled: true 2024/12/07 01:46:03 4444687 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][XeSS] Enabled: false 2024/12/07 01:46:03 4444687 cb0f9251 [INFO Client 2260] [STREAMLINE][PSSR] Enabled: false 2024/12/07 01:46:04 4445312 55e628bb [INFO Client 2260] [D3D12] Buffer Count = 3 2024/12/07 01:46:05 4446125 3a8212ec [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceCreate 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 4228e42f [DEBUG Client 2260] [ENTITY] Finalize static entities 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4446984 3a821249 [DEBUG Client 2260] [WINDOW] TriggerDeviceReset 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Device in 5.24836 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent Start 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Tencent in 0.000124 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None Start 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] None in 5.2e-05 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447296 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading Start 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Loading in 0.36165 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI Start 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] DebugGUI in 3.9e-05 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:06 4447656 daa6b547 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration Start 2024/12/07 01:46:07 4448671 daa6b5a0 [INFO Client 2260] [STARTUP] Registration in 1.0158 seconds 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450406 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74938 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [CS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450437 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450453 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450703 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) 2024/12/07 01:46:09 4450718 57b74770 [CRIT Client 2260] [D3D12] Pipeline creation failed [VS: , PS: ] (error: 0x80004005) Last bumped on Jan 22, 2025, 1:05:57 PM
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Last edited by Sek0_#6634 on Dec 11, 2024, 2:36:34 AM
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You can access the game by manually forcing the game to use DirectX11. Under Documents/Mygames, open the config file and change the renderer type to the following:
"renderer_type=DirectX11". It let me load in after this. There are a heap of performance issues with it though - should get better once they provide support for Mac devices. " |
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" This does solve the issue, but the game is unplayable in this mode because of the performance issues you mentioned. Thank you very much for your input! :) |
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Same me. After change config file to directx11 the game is unplayable in this mode because of the performance issues with FPS below 5 on M4Max
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